RRFB

Research & Development Funding

To encourage the development of innovative products and/or process improvements, RRFB Nova Scotia offers financing for Research & Development projects related to solid waste diversion. The Program provides funding support to research projects that will investigate, design and develop:

1. Materials or products that incorporate solid waste resources;
2. Technologies that will facilitate the separation and recovery of solid waste resources; and
3. Market opportunities for solid waste resources and/or recycled materials.

Typically, funding ranges from $5,000 to $75,000 per project. Please note the following:

• Maximum funding contribution will generally be no more than 50 per cent of total project's cost, unless otherwise approved by RRFB Nova Scotia.
• Project applications are ranked according to financial viability, market development potential and positive impact on the environment.

Priority is placed on projects that divert significant quantities and/or types of materials from the waste stream. For information on Problematic Waste Materials, please click here.


R & D Program Funding Downloads

Guidelines & Application: PDF or DOC

Examples of funded projects:

Compost for Agriculture
A Nova Scotia Agricultural College study looked at using compost from a municipal facility in Colchester and paper-mill bio-solids as soil amendments to replace fertilizers.

Industrial Waste Glass as a Concrete Additive
Truro Sanitation Limited is researching a value-added opportunity to recycle the annual 3,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste glass. The research will study new concrete mix designs that will utilize crushed glass as an aggregate substitute.

Halifax C&D: Reusing Shingles
Halifax C&D used Research and Development funding to create the first technology in the world that successfully separates paper from the asphalt grit, allowing 100 per cent of the shingle to be recycled.